Dear Emma,
Thanks for your letter. I was very glad to get it.
As for my family, we are very friendly indeed. We are five: mum, dad, me and two my younger twin-sisters. They are also annoying sometimes like your brother, but I think it is just the matter of their age. You know my mum is a housewife, so she spends most of her time with them. But weekends we spend all together. I like this time because our father always joins us. We usually drive to the country or to the seaside. We have a lot of fun together.
Well, what about you? How do you spend the weekends? Where do you go with your friends or with your brother? Is your brother much younger than you or not? Have you got anything in common with him? Anyway, I want you to get along with him.
Now I must go. Write soon.
Best wishes,
Elena
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2. Mozart is one of the best composers of all time.
3. The Transformers film is very popular with the young people.
4. The Dali became the most expensive Surrealist lot sold at auction last month.
5. Yesterday afternoon two thieves wearing police uniforms stole some painting by Monet, Rembrandt and Degas from the Boston Museum.
6. It is very nice of you to invite me and my family for lunch.
7. Who stars in The Hobbit films ?
8. The second youngest billionaire of the world Mark Zuckerberg is famous for creating Facebook.
9. I think, high quality special effects add value to the Harry Potter films.
10.What sort of music does your friend like ?
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2. They overcharged us in the restaurant but they gave us some money back. (charge)
3. The foreigners are difficult to understand because they mispronounce many Russian words. (pronounce)
4. You should rewrite your composition because you made many mistakes. (write)
5. We were sorry to realise that we underpayed in the shop. (pay)
3) Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition.
1. Pushkin is one of the best poet of all time.
2. He is popular with fans of art cinema.
3. This director is famous for his comedies.
4. Who stars in Pirates of the Caribbean?
5. The paintings add value to the house.
